Nadhaswaram is a Tamil soap opera that aired on Sun TV from 2010 to 2015.

[5][6] Nadhaswaram is a story that happens in Pallathur, Karaikudi and revolves around Gopikrishnan, the second son of a large family.

Gopi's father, Chokkalingam and paternal uncle Mayilvahanam, are Nadhaswaram players.

Gopi owns a tailor shop in the town and is close friends with Kaja, his assistant.

The 4 siblings have an elder brother, Sivagnanam, who ran away from home after Mayilvahanam scolds him years ago.

The elder is Pandikumar, who is a useless smalltown ruffian, who always picks on fights with the other village youngsters.

Mayilvahanam favours Pandi over his daughters as he believes that girl children are expensive to raise as they must be married off, and that son is an asset.

Their sister, Pushpa, is married to Piraisoodan, a graduate and is a government servant.

Malar hails from an affluent family which consists of her father Jaganathan, mother, elder brother Ashok, sister-in-law Mala, and younger sister Rohini.

Piraisoodan doesn't have any choice but agrees for the engagement as Maha runs away to her uncle's house.

Pandi, angry at Gopi decides to kill him but injures Maha, who loses her memory.

Gokul is angry and decides to kill Malar and Gopi but they survive in their honeymoon.

Gopi's lost brother, Sivagnanam is known as Prasadh and lives in Malaysia.

Prasadh learns the truth of his birth and starts living with his real family.

[8][9] This serial achieved the feat of being the first Indian soap opera to be aired live.

[10][11] By airing a 23-minutes 25 seconds long live telecast in a single shot, the soap opera has earned a place in the Guinness World Records.